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Bell Asset Management launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Leaning into the ever-growing interest in sustainable investing, Bell Asset Management has launched a new fund. The Bell Global Sustainable Fund is an ESG fund for Australian retail and wholesale investors. The fund is an actively managed, concentrated ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... house analysed 144 Australasia-domiciled (Australia and New Zealand) sustainable investments in its report, Sustainable investing landscape for Australian fund investors. Of these, 113 exclude investments in controversial areas like tobacco (104), and ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... the first quarter of 2018 to 129 in the final quarter of 2020. As ESG increased in prominence along with sustainable investing strategies, so did the scrutiny applied to sustainability or ESG claims. A survey conducted by Quilter Investors in May 2021 ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... challenging. Australian investors are also concerned about greenwashing, with 62% citing it as a major challenge to sustainable investing. The kind of funds Aussie instos want to invest in appear to differ from their global counterparts. The survey found ...

Fidelity nabs ESG expert from HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fidelity International has bolstered its sustainable investing and ESG expertise with a hire from industry super fund HESTA. Daniela Jaramillo has been appointed as director, sustainable investing, based in Melbourne, in what is a newly created role ...

New chief executive for JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... positioned to lead our Australia business." Commenting on his new role, Creber said part of his focus will be on sustainable investing and enhancing the firm's offerings in the alternatives space. "Australia is an important strategic growth market for ...

Natixis hires sustainable investing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Natixis Investment Managers has named a new global head of sustainable investing who joins from affiliate Mirova. Nathalie Wallace joins on September 1 and will be responsible for leading the fund manager's ESG commitments across its distribution ...

Fidelity adds new climate, gender policies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... such must be high on the agenda of all companies..." Fidelity International global head of stewardship and sustainable investing Jenn-Hui Tan said. "We expect investee companies to do the same and have policies in place to reduce carbon and other greenhouse ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... O'Sullivan says he is proud of even though UniSuper members may not agree with the fund's view on sustainable investing. UniSuper, like many other industry funds has been a beneficiary of default arrangements with employers and of good investment ...

Northern Trust launches low carbon strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is the latest sustainable investing offering that is seeking a reduction in carbon intensity in the portfolio and potential emissions from fossil fuels relative ...